Ivanka Trump’s shuttered fashion brand received preliminary approval on five trademarks in China this month while the U.S. and China continue to undergo tense trade negotiations.
The trademark applications were filed in 2016 and 2017, according to the Associated Press. One trademark for brokerage, charitable fundraising, and art valuation services...

According to a CBC News report, a ground-penetrating radar survey at Fort Anne, a star-shaped fort that was built on the Annapolis River in the eighteenth century, detected anomalies that could be traces of an earlier Acadian cemetery.
Parks Canada site manager Ted Dolan said the Acadians were French...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia’s ruling party United Russia wants the “ultimate victory” of President Vladimir Putin at the presidential election in March, party head and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday. Putin, 65, said earlier this month he would run for re-election as a self-nominated candidate, in...

Passers-by heard a man shouting death threats and a toddler screaming.
But, when police arrived at a Perth home on Wednesday morning, they found the only injuries were to a spider.
Multiple police units responded with lights and sirens after a caller walking past a home heard a man repeatedly shout:...

The United Nations human rights office has said that a team of international experts would conduct an inquiry into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Agnes Callamard, UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions told Reuters news agency on Thursday she will travel to Turkey next week...

Two women, from Denmark and Norway, were found beheaded in their tent in Morocco earlier in December.
On Sunday, Moroccan authorities charged 15 people with terrorism violations over the beheading of two Scandinavian tourists, according to a report by Business Insider.
The group of people was arrested as Moroccan police investigated...

Police Fatally Shoot Allegedly Armed Motorist Who Crashed Into Multiple Cars in South Los Angeles.
A male motorist who struck multiple vehicles before crashing into a light pole was fatally shot by police in the Florence neighborhood of South Los Angeles Monday night, LAPD said.
The incident began shortly after 6...

A customer has found a human bone in a pair of socks from Primark.
Police revealed they are investigating the discovery that “turned up in the garments that were bought from the Colchester store on 10 December and was subsequently reported to police on 2 January”, reports The Guardian.
“The bone...

Santander is to close 140 branches, putting 1,270 jobs at risk, the bank announced on Wednesday.
The company is in talks with unions to try to find new roles for staff affected where possible and said it expects a third to be redeployed.
Customers will be supported in finding alternative branches...

“Mean” Gene Okerlund, a World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer and famed interviewer, died Wednesday at the age of 76, the WWE announced.
WWE did not release a cause of death.
Okerlund was the most well-known professional wrestling interviewer, and perhaps the most iconic person in that role in sports. While...